Thursday, January 28, 2010

J.D. Salinger, author of 'Catcher in the Rye,' has died

"Catcher in the Rye" author J.D. Salinger has died at age 91 in New Hampshire.

The author's son, in a statement from the author's literary representative, says Salinger died of natural causes at his home. He had lived for decades in self-imposed isolation in the small, remote house in Cornish, N.H.

"The Catcher in the Rye" with its immortal teenage protagonist - the twisted, rebellious Holden Caulfield - came out in 1951 during the time of anxious, Cold War conformity.

Salinger wrote for adults, but teenagers all over the world identified with the novel's themes of alienation, innocence and fantasy.

In later years, Salinger become famous for not wanting to be famous, refusing interviews

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Challenges for 2013

I have done NO challenges since the last Canadian Book Challenge in 2009. I completed that challenge reading 40 books in total.
3 times 13 books with 3 different genres, plus 1 extra to make the total books read = 40.
ABM - Autobiographies, Biographies and Memoirs
FS - Free Spirit - Any Canadian book
SA - Single Author - Robert Munsch

For 2013 I have 3 more challenges planned. This year I want to read 12 Public Domain Books, 12 Books by Women (Female) authors and 12 Bibliophilic books (or Books about Books).
I give myself the entire year to do these. I will post reviews here with links to Squidoo as well.